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Capital City Press, the parent company of The Advocate, and Louisiana State Newspapers have completed an agreement for The Advocate to acquire the assets of four community weekly newspapers in the greater Baton Rouge area. Terms are not disclosed.
 


State Representative Bernard LeBas said the state’s budget is causing him concerns; and that includes how much income the state receives and how it allocates what does come in.

Christopher Brown does not deny walking into the girls bathroom at the Kaplan Library. What he does deny is that he entered the room to rape a 13-year-old girl. A jury did not buy his argument.

There’s now a $15,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of the dead-eye who shot a mated pair of endangered whooping cranes, killing the female and seriously injuring the male.

State offices are closed in 16 parishes Thursday where hazardous driving conditions and scattered power outages are forecast due to a winter storm that dropped a mix of rain, sleet, snow and ice.

Police have not yet released information regarding an alleged motive by two teenagers charged with arson in a fire that killed a man Saturday.
Kevin Wiley, 36, was found dead on the floor of his bedroom in the mobile home that burned about 4 a.m.

A $1,000 reward is offered for information leading to the arrest of the sharpshooter who killed one whooping crane and injured another near here on Feb. 7.
Shooting on of the endangered birds is similar, according to gun experts, to shooting a chicken, and equally sporting.

Professional wrestler Chris “The Rocket” Paul, who also is Mamou police sergeant, was the guest speaker at the graduation ceremony for fifth graders who completed a 10-week D.A.R.E. program at Vidrine Elementary School Friday, February 7.

A teenager will be spending the rest of his life in jail after a jury took less than three hours to convict him of two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of obstruction of justice and one count of second-degree kidnapping.

A Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Enforcement Division agent and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) agent arrested two Louisiana men on Jan. 31 for alleged hunting violations on the Bayou Cocodrie National Wildlife Refuge (NWR).